Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sabudana (Sago) Khichidi /Vrat Ka Khana

Recipe

Ingredients (Servings 4)
  • 1 cup Sabu dana (sago)
  • 1/2 tsp Sugar
  • 2 Green Chillies chopped lengthwise
  • 1/2 cup crushed and slightly fried peanuts
  • 1 boiled and peeled potato
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice
  • Normal Salt / Rock Salt to taste
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp chopped Coriander green leaves

Washing And Soaking of sabudana

  • Wash the sabudana in water 2 -3 times.
  • Then soak them in water just enough to cover the top of the sabudana.
  • Use a flat bottom vessel for soaking.
  • Soak the sabudana in water for 6 - 8 hrs before you plan to make the khichdi. Every 2 - 3 hrs fluff them with the help of a fork.
  • Later if you feel that the sabudana still has a hard center then sprinkle some water on them and wait for 30 mins for them to get soft. Fluff again with a fork and check.
  • Repeat the process till you get perfectly soft centered pearly sabudana.
  • Each and every pearl will be soft and well shaped. Also the sabudanas will double in volume.

Method
  • Chop the potatoes into small cubes.
  • Heat the oil/ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds.
  • When the cumin seeds crackle add the green chillies.
  • Add the chopped potatoes and stir well.
  • Let them cook till they are light brown on the outside. Add sabudana mixture and mix gently.
  • Let it cook for 10 - 15 mins stirring occasionally and scraping the sabudana layer from the bottom of the vessel.
  • When the pearls get translucent and shiny sabudana is ready.
  • Then add crushed and slightly fried peanuts, sugar and salt. Stir and make sure every thing gets mixed well.
  • Sprinkle some lemon juice over it and garnish it with chopped coriander green leaves.
  • Serve hot.

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